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preterition
[ pret-uh-rish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
- Law. the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
- Calvinistic Theology. the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
- Rhetoric. paralipsis.
preterition
/ ˌprɛtəˈrɪʃən /
noun
- the act of passing over or omitting
- Roman law the failure of a testator to name one of his children in his will, thus invalidating it
- (in Calvinist theology) the doctrine that God passed over or left unpredestined those not elected to final salvation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preterition1
C17: from Late Latin praeteritiō a passing over
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